I Try

You know what it is
I try, I try
But there's more of us
I try, I try

Life is a beautiful struggle
Some people put it all together, yeah
Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Nothin' hurt like the pain and torture
Tryin' to bring your struggle to life
On top of wife beaters, we like to light reefers
Everyday I
We all pretty familiar with what anger is

Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle
I try, I try
Three years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin' for help
A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself
I try, I try
America's ghettos that set up the slaughterers
The label want a song about a bubbly life
An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair
Upside down kingdom
Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle
Got searched on the plane, Arabic first name

When people suffer tonight, Lord knows I try

Everyday on the news we can't look around with
I try, I try
Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny

I try to navigate the treacherous waters of
You flirt 'til she came
Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
Life is a beautiful struggle
Get up on some gangsta shit
I try, oh Lord I try
Put your hands together, got 'em all sayin'
Hey yo, hey yo, hey yo
Where would they be if you and I don't care?
I try, I try
Something to take in vain like the Lord's name
Some many sufferin' 'cuz deep inside they're scared
I'm grown with pains way deeper than my receivers
Although we speak in different languages
I put a lot into it
I try, I try
Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle
You know I try
And we put it on records to entertain ya wit'
I try, you know I try
Daughters of the dust lookin' for a vein
You know I try
To BANG in the club through the night
Come on, say it now
I have trouble tryin' to write some shit
Guns to bang ya wit'
Young and dangerous, trick a strangle is

The 'hood need us for rappers, just ain't the right leaders

I try, I try
I try, you know I try
I try, I try
something somewhere

Oh, they're so scared
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Stop the industry but you can't stop the music
Breath of life, kiss of death, my lips pursed the same
K West, Kweli
I try, you know I try
This is my product and I gotta move it
I try, you know I try

I try, I try
I try, you know I try
A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train
More metal for beef that we don't let the law settle
Come on
Yo, it's all ghetto in gear higher, the floor settle
Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane

I try, you know I try
I try, you know I try
You know I try